当局者迷，旁观者清

dāng jú zhě mí , páng guān zhě qīng

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1. (idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved

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Child Words of 当局者迷，旁观者清

• 局 局 jú: narrow
• 当 当 dāng: (onom.) dong
• 旁 旁 páng: one side
• 旁观 旁观 páng guān: spectator
• 清 清 qīng: (of water etc) clear; clean
• 当 当 dàng: at or in the very same...
• 者 者 zhě: (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...
• 迷 迷 mí: to bewilder
• 旁观者 旁观者 páng guān zhě: observer
• 旁观者清 旁观者清 páng guān zhě qīng: an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)
• 当局 当局 dāng jú: authorities
• 观 观 guān: to look at
• 观 观 guàn: Taoist monastery